Unless you think he took PED's he really should be in...Sucks to be Biggio (74.8%) although I don't think he belongs anyway.
All that tells me is that he belongs in the Hall of Longevity. I watched his entire career and I never once thought, "we better get the guy out at the plate because Biggio is on deck!" He was a very good player for a very long time. If he retired at age 38 or something he wouldn't have reached a lot of those (artificial) milestones. To me, a HoF player has to have been the best at his position for an extended period of time or at the very least someone that you hated your team to play against because he would kill you. You know it when you see it.Unless you think he took PED's he really should be in...
With 668 doubles, he ended his career in 5th place on the all-time list. Biggio also holds the record for the most doubles by a right-handed hitter. Biggio is the only player in the history of baseball with 3000 hits, 600 doubles, 400 stolen bases, and 250 home runs. Biggio ranks 20th on the all-time hits list, though of those 20 players he ranks 19th in career batting average
I don't know - Biggio was barely ever in the MVP conversation and never close to winning it (highest is a 4th place finish). He had a nice 5 year stretch from '94 to '98 when he was one of the best second baseman in the league (I would still have taken Knoblauch and Alomar over him during that period). The last 8 years of his career was barely above average (8.0 total WAR).Those numbers are Hall of Fame worthy times a million. There are people with far worse stats in the Hall of Fame. Hall of Longevity? The hell does that even mean? Are we punishing players for having long, healthy and successful careers? May as well scrap Tom Glavine and every other player that played over 15+ seasons of solid-to-excellent professional baseball.